Charmion Von Wiegand Enter a
feeling, not
a gallery.
Choose a mood and the room itself answers — the light cools or warms, the air changes pace, and only the works that carry that feeling step forward from the dark. Everything else recedes into shadow.
Charmion Von Wiegand
early life and education charmion von wiegand, an american journalist, abstract painter, writer, collector, benefactor, and art critic, was born in 1896 in chicago. she grew up in arizona and california, attending a public school in san francisco, where she first became interested in chinese culture during visits to chinatown. von wiegand spent three years in berlin as a teenager before studying at columbia university school of journali
sm, later transferring to the department of art and archeology. career and influences von wiegand's artistic journey began in 1926, during her psychoanalytic therapy, encouraged by her friend and painter joseph stella. she developed a close circle of friends including john graham, carl holty, hans richter, and mark tobey, all sharing the belief that art should be made from physical beauty and spirituality. in 1941, she interviewed piet…